11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)Teleseminar/Audio StreamSponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

Transitioning law practices to partners or associates has been a long-standing practice of smaller law firms and solo practices. Outright sales have been less common but are sharply on the rise. Both forms of transferring a practice raise many substantial ethical issues for withdrawing and successor lawyers and their firms. This program will provide you with a guide to these ethical issues and best practices to successful transfer a practice while avoiding ethical complaint.

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)Teleseminar/Audio StreamSponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

The course of litigation often depends on what’s uncovered in pre-trial investigations. Indeed, attorneys are required by ethics rules to investigate a case before a lawsuit is even filed. Zealous representation requires a thorough investigation of the parties and underlying facts and with the advent of social media, together with the vast amounts of email and text messages that are discoverable, there is more information available than ever before. But there are also ethical restraints on how aggressive attorneys – or their third-party investigators – can be in investigating a case. Some dissembling is allowed, but most is prohibited. Ethics rules generally permit social media and other digital research, but “pre-texting” to obtain information is circumscribed. This program will provide you with a real-world guide to the ethics of pre-trial investigations, what attorneys can and cannot do ethically.

Attorney ethics in pre-trial investigations – the do’s, don’ts, and common traps

Duty of an attorney to investigate a case before filing a lawsuit

“Pre-texting” – the ethics of deception when attorneys represent themselves to be someone else and when dissembling is allowed in investigations

Determining who your client is in an investigation and determining conflicts of interest

What you can and cannot do when investigating a party’s social media profiles and usage, including ex parte communications

Does using a third-party investigator to conduct the investigation instead of doing it yourself matter?

Join Daniel R. Dinger, Ada County Prosecutor's Office, and Dylan J. Orton, Ada County Public Defender's Office, for a discussion that will be beneficial to the criminal defense bar and the criminal prosecution bar. Topics of discussion will include but not limited to: process from guilty pleas through the collateral consequences of a plea or conviction; how to prosecute or defend the domestic violence case; what key evidentiary issues and pitfalls to watch for; an overview of the most important provisions of the statutes; as well as the sentencing options available for attorneys and judges including the latest developments in domestic violence court.

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)Teleseminar/Audio StreamSponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

This program will provide a wide-ranging review of recent legal developments impacting the attorney-client privilege and the growing challenges of preserving the privilege in a highly inter-connected and digital working environment. Also, the program will discuss best practices on the inadvertent or intentional receipt of information that might threaten the loss of the privilege.

11:00 a.m. MST/10:00 a.m. PST (60 minutes)Teleseminar/Audio StreamSponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation in partnership with WebCredenza and Peach New Media

The program will cover ethics in ghostwriting claims and pleadings, ethics in frivolous factual and legal claims, ethics in serving unenforceable subpoenas, ethics in settlements and more. The program will also cover conflicting approaches of ethics rules and the courts to sanctioning ghostwriting in litigation, the ethics of serving unenforceable subpoenas in the hope the recipient will think its enforceable and cooperate, the enforceability of settlement agreements and ethics challenges.

Join Kira D. Pfisterer, Hepworth Janis & Kluksdal, and Wade L. Woodard, Andersen Banducci PPLC, as they discuss the issues related to removal of a case to federal court. This one-hour CLE will provide an overview of the removal procedure, the timing and appropriateness of removing a case to federal court and a general summary of federal jurisdiction and preemption.